Li Sanmei was now a housemaid in the Zhao family, with endless work to do every day. Xingxing didn't know what happened to the Zhao family later. She didn't want to get involved with Zhao Youqian's family, so she didn't contact her mother-in-law's family much. This was something Jiang Huashu had mentioned to Zhao Youqian before they got married. Zhao Youqian knew Xingxing didn't like to get involved in such matters, so he agreed.

The whole family warmly entertained the old couple of the Zhao family. Sun Mofei was still wondering in his heart: Xingxing has given birth to a child for a month. Shanghai is not a foreign country. She has just come out of the confinement period. Zhao Youqian should not be highly regarded in the Zhao family.

Li Sanmei first took a break in the living room before she went into the second room to see Xingxing and the children. Xingxing was stunned when she saw her mother-in-law coming in. When she was pregnant, she went to live in the Zhao family for a month. At that time, her mother-in-law, Li Sanmei, was not as old as she is now. It has only been more than half a year, less than a year. How could she have aged so quickly?

Her waist was bent, her back hunched, and she'd lost a tooth on the side, leaving a gap when she smiled, making her look even older. This was Sun Mofei's first time meeting Zhao Youqian's parents. The last time she came to Kyoto to pick up Xingxing, she hadn't left her space. Xingxing's reaction was the same: she felt this old woman wasn't acting as a mother-in-law, but as a nanny. Wasn't it said that Zhao Youqian's family had a good tradition?

Li Sanmei was overjoyed to see her three little darlings lying side by side in their cribs. After all, they were still her grandma's relatives, even though they were older than her! She stroked one little hand, then another, her sock-clad feet. Three little, milky-smelling little buns, now fast asleep, fresh from their feeding.

The pan-fried bun must have felt uncomfortable because the touch had disturbed his sleep. His pretty little brows were furrowed, and he looked like he was about to wake up at any moment. Li Sanmei saw this and quickly stopped touching him and looked at his face. Suddenly, she thought of something and quickly reached into her pocket to pull out a small rolled-up hand roll.

"When I came here, Xiang Qian came to my house and gave me this, saying that it was a gift from her as an aunt to her nephews and nieces." As she said that, she opened the handkerchief, and there were three small badges on it, which looked very old.

"You also know Xiang Qian's in-laws. Her father-in-law holds a high position in the government and is a very principled man. His family is relatively clean. Xiang Qian wanted to give the children some good gifts, but..." He didn't say the rest of the words, just smiled awkwardly. Everyone present understood what he meant.

"Mom, I won't blame Xiangqian. Go back and tell her I'm thanking Auntie on behalf of the babies. I love the gifts. They might appreciate in value when the babies grow up. They're really good stuff!" Xingxing fiddled with the three badges. If I remembered correctly, Dad had these in his warehouse in the space, even in a special box. They had to be good stuff, otherwise Dad wouldn't have put them in a box.

After three days of warm hospitality at the Jiang family, the Zhaos returned to Shanghai without even seeing their son, Zhao Youqian. They could have visited the military headquarters, but they flatly declined, saying they didn't want to disturb their son's work.

After the Zhao family left, the days passed slowly. Three months passed in a blink of an eye. Thanks to Li Yichen's hard work day and night, Shui Shui finally became pregnant.

At dinner that day, Sun Mofei helped her aunt serve the braised pork cooked in the kitchen. Knowing that Shui Shui was trying to conceive, she placed the dish of meat in front of her, hoping to get her to eat a couple more pieces. As Shui Shui picked up her chopsticks and was about to eat, she felt nauseous and quickly put them down and rushed to the yard.